Skylight Books Podcast Series
Episodes
TC Boyle
28 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
When the Killing's Done (Penguin) Acclaimed novelist T.C. Boyle (The Women) returns to Skylight to read and sign this new paperback edition of his ...
Edward St. Aubyn
06 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
At Last (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Acclaimed British novelist Edward St. Aubyn (Mother's Milk, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize) will read and...
Ramona Ausubel
06 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
No One Is Here Except All of Us (Riverhead) We're pleased to present debut novelist Ramona Ausubel for a reading and signing of her beautiful and r...
Jeanne Cordova
06 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
When We Were Outlaws by Jeanne Cordova (Spinspters Ink) Dr. Chris Freeman riffs off the style of hard-hitting PBS interview host Charlie Rose, ...
Daniel Pyne
06 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
A Hole in the Ground Owned by a Liar (Counterpoint) Novelist Daniel Pyne (Twentynine Palms) launches his new novel, A Hole in the Ground Owne...
Dave Isay
24 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
All There Is: Love Stories from StoryCorps (Penguin Press) Dave Isay, founder of the revolutionary oral history project StoryCorps (as heard on NPR...
Ben Marcus
24 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The Flame Alphabet (Knopf) Ben Marcus (Notable American Women) will read and sign his highly anticipated new novel, The Flame Alphabet. In The F...
USC - Master of Professional Writing Program 2012
21 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Students in the University of Southern California's Master of Professional Writing program will read from their work. The theme will be "Gluttony an...
David Graeber
21 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Debt: The First 5,000 Years (Melville House) Acclaimed anthropologist and author David Graeber Direct Action) visits Skylight Books to discuss and ...
Dennis Cooper
31 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The Marbled Swarm (HarperCollins) Cult-favorite writer Dennis Cooper (Ugly Man; God, Jr.) returns to Skylight to read and sign his new novel, The M...
Katherine Karlin
30 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Send Me Work: Stories (Triquarterly Books) Katerine Karlin will read and sign her new collection, Send Me Work: Stories (Triquarterly Books). Ka...
John Jeremiah Sullivan in conversation with Mark Richard
30 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Pulphead (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) by Sullivan; House of Prayer No. 2 (Nan A. Talese) by Richard Fans of kick-ass, can't-put-it-down nonfiction, ta...
Autumn De Wilde
30 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Beck (Chronicle Books) Photographer Autumn de Wilde (Elliott Smith, Death Cab for Cutie) will discuss and sign her brand-new collection of photogra...
Ry Cooder in conversation with David L. Ulin
30 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Los Angeles Stories (City Lights Books) Musician Ry Cooder will discuss and sign his new short story collection, Los Angeles Stories, in a conversati...
Kate Zambreno and Kate Durbin
30 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Green Girl (Emergency Press) by Zambreno; E! Entertianment (Insert Press) by Durbin Kate Zambreno and Kate Durbin join forces for an event launchin...
David Scott Milton
13 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Iron City (White Whisker Books) Join L.A. novelist David Scott Milton for the launch of his new novel, Iron City! About Iron City: Frank Kaliny...
Paul La Farge
13 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Luminous Airplanes (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Novelist Paul La Farge (Haussmann, or the Distinction) visits Skylight for a reading and signing of ...
Ismet Prcic
29 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Shards (Grove Press) Debut novelist Ismet Prcic will read and sign Shards, based on his experiences leaving war-torn Bosnia. "Ismet Prcic has ta...
Cecil Castelucci
29 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
First Day on Earth (Scholastic) Young adult author (and Skylight favorite!) Cecil Castellucci returns to Skylight Books to launch her new young adu...
Thad Nodine and Andrea Portes
29 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Touch and Go by Nodine Hick by Portes (both books published by Unbridled Books) Thad Nodine will read and sign his debut novel, Touch and Go, join...
Jon Reiner
08 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The Man Who Couldn't Eat - Gallery Books Award-winning magazine writer Jon Reiner will discuss and sign his book The Man Who Couldn't Eat, about th...
Arthur Phillips
08 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The Tragedy of Arthur (Random House) We're thrilled to welcome back bestselling novelist Arthur Philips for his acclaimed latest, The Tragedy of Ar...
Ben Ehrenreich
05 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Ether (City Lights) Ben Ehrenreich (The Suitors) returns to Skylight to read and sign his acclaimed second novel, Ether. "Ether is a dark and po...
Jeanne Darst
05 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Fiction Ruined My Family (Riverhead Books) A launch party for local author Jeanne Darst and her debut book, the memoir Fiction Ruined My Family. ...
Jeffrey Eugenides
04 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The Marriage Plot (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux) We're thrilled to announce that Jeffrey Eugenides, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Middlesex and The Vi...
Luis J. Rodriguez
04 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
It Calls You Back: An Odyssey Through Love, Addiction, Revolutions, and Healing (Touchstone) Luis J. Rodriguez, author of Always Running and Repub...
Hector Tobar
04 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The Barbarian Nurseries (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux) Los Angeles Times columnist, Pulitzer-winning journalist, and acclaimed novelist Hector Tobar...
Ben Markovits
04 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Childish Loves (W. W. Norton) Novelist Ben Markovits will read and sign the third and final entry is his critically acclaimed trilogy of novel...
Susanne Kippenberger
17 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Kippenberger: The Artist and His Families (J&L Books) Kippenberger. Der Künstler und seine Familien (Berlin Verlag) Skylight Books and Villa Auro...
Christopher Bollen
17 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Lightning People (Soft Skull Press) Christopher Bollen, former editor-in-chief and current editor-at-large at Interview magazine, will read and sig...
Susan Patron
17 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Lucky for Good (Atheneum Books) Newbery Award–winning middle readers author Susan Patron launches her latest (and the last) book in her excellen...
Terry Wolverton on Stealing Angel
11 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Stealing Angel (Spinsters Ink) Acclaimed local novelist and poet Terry Wolverton will read and sign her new novel, Stealing Angel. THIS EVENT WAS RE...
Brendan Constantine, Paul Suntup, Daniel McGinn
03 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Birthday Girl with Possum by Constantine Sunset at the Temple of Olives by Suntup 1000 Black Umbrellas by McGinn (all books published by Write Blood...
Janet Reitman
03 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Inside Scientology (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Journalist Janet Reitman will discuss and sign her new book Inside Scientology, the first full, ...
Josh Rolnick and Edan Lepucki
03 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Pulp and Paper (University of Iowa Press) by Rolnick If You're Not Yet Like Me (Flatmancrooked) by Lepucki Josh Rolnick, winner of the Iowa Short Fi...
Bookstore Pop-Ups
03 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Bookstore Pop-ups, Hybrids, and Rebels: Why Indie booksellers are leading the movement to support and foster local businesses A panel discussion wi...
David Calonne
03 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
More Notes of a Dirty Old Man (City Lights) Editor David Calonne will discuss and sign the new anthology of Charles Bukowski's previously uncollec...
Jeffrey McDaniel, Stacy Gnall, Amber Tamblyn
03 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The Endarkenment (University of Pittsburgh Press) by McDaniel Heart First into the Forest (Alice James Books) by Gnall Bang Ditto (Manic D) by Tamb...
Robert S. Levinson
26 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
A Rhumba in Waltz Time (Five Star) Mystery novelist Robert S. Levinson (The Traitor in Us All) returns to Skylight to launch his latest novel, ...
Carol Muske-Dukes
26 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Twin Cities (Penguin) California Poet Laureate Carol Muske-Dukes returns to Skylight to read and sign her new poetry collection, Twin Cities. ...
Dan Fante
15 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Fante: A Family's Legacy of Writing, Drinking and Surviving (HarperCollins) Novelist and poet Dan Fante will discuss and sign his new family mem...
FIRE IN MOONLIGHT: STORIES FROM THE RADICAL FAERIES
14 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The Fire in Moonlight: Stories from the Radical Faeries (White Crane Books) Selected contributors will read from their pieces in the important new ...
Simon Reynolds
10 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past (Faber & Faber) Simon Reynolds, one of Skylight's favorite music critics (and the author of...
Writing Panel
30 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Memoirists and novelists James Brown (This River), Seth Greenland (Shining City), Diana Wagman (Skin Deep), and Leslie Schwartz (Angels Crest) will di...
Slake Issue 3
30 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Slake Issue #3 Contributors to the third issue of this great Los Angeles literary journal will read from their selected pieces! We're please...
Emma Straub
30 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Other People We Married (FiveChapters Books) Brooklyn-based author Emma Straub will read and sign her much buzzed-about short story collection,...
Will Alexander
16 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Compression & Purity (City Lights Books) Poet Will Alexander returns to Skylight Books to read and sign his new poetry collection, Compression ...
Rattling Wall
02 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The Rattling Wall Contributors to this exciting new literary journal will read from their included work! Readers and authors include: Jam...
Eleanor Henderson
02 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Ten Thousand Saints (Ecco) Debut novelist Eleanor Henderson will read and sign her highly acclaimed novel, Ten Thousand Saints. "Eleanor He...
Sanjiv Bhattacharya
01 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Secrets and Wives: The Hidden World of Mormon Polygamy (Soft Skull Press) A launch party for journalist Sanjiv Bhattacharya, who will discuss ...
Helene Hegemann
25 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Axolotl Roadkill The Goethe-Institut Los Angeles and Skylight Books present German writer Helene Hegemann, discussing her book Axolotl Roadkill...
Steve Almond
25 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Almond reads and signs his self published books, This Won't Take But a Minute, Honey; Bad Poetry; and Letters from People Who Hate Me, all of wh...
Meredith Baxter
21 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Untied: A Memoir of Family, Fame and Floundering (Crown Archetype) Meredith Baxter has been an actor for 40 years and has five children. She ac...
Bret Easton Ellis
15 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Imperial Bedrooms (Vintage) The iconic novelist Bret Easton Ellis (American Psycho, Less Than Zero) returns to Skylight Books to read and sign his ...
SMART GALS' 6th ANNUAL DEAD POETS SLAM: MONARCHS vs. MINIONS
15 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Smart Gals' 6th Annual Dead Poets Slam: Monarchs vs. Minions 8 Dead Poets, 3 Judges, and 1 winner! How do poems from monarchies fare against po...
Nancy Rommelmann
14 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The Bad Mother (Dymaxicon) Award-winning journalist Nancy Rommelmann launches her first novel here at Skylight Books! Nancy Rommelmann's fir...
JULIA STEIN, LEE BOEK, and LYNNE BRONSTEIN
06 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Walking Through a River of Fire: 100 Years of Triangle Fire Poetry On March 25, 1911, a fire swept through the Triangle Shirtwaist Company. The ...
MARIO T. GARCIA and SAL CASTRO
06 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Blowout!: Sal Castro and the Chicano Struggle for Educational Justice (University of North Carolina Press) Mario T. Garcia and Sal Castro wil...
James Brown and Victoria Patterson
31 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This River: A Memoir by Brown; This Vacant Paradise: A Novel by Patterson (both books published by Counterpoint) James Brown and Victoria Patters...
ANDREW FOSTER ALTSCHUL
25 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Deus Ex Machina (Counterponit) Andrew Foster Altschul will read and sign his new, highly acclaimed novel about a reality show gone awry, Deus E...
MICHELLE LATIOLAIS
25 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Widow: Stories (Bellevue Literary Press) A new book of stories from the author of A Proper Knowledge. Widow bravely explores the physiology...
USC MASTER OF PROFESSIONAL WRITING students 2011
25 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Students from the Master of Professional Writing graduate program at USC will read their work, joined by USC faculty member and acclaimed poet Amy G...
Meg Howrey
21 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Blind Sight (Pantheon) Los Angeles-based author Meg Howrey comes to Skylight to read and sign her debut novel, Blind Sight. "An engaging ...
Jim Krusoe
21 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Toward You (Tin House) The wonderful storyteller and local favorite Jim Krusoe returns with a new book! Toward You completes Jim Krusoe’s...
AMBER BENSON and PATRICK ROTHFUSS
21 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Serpant's Storm (Ace) by Benson; The Wise Man's Fear (Daw) by Rothfuss Authors Patrick Rothfuss and Amber Benson will be vigorously debating urban...
Mike Young and Jamie Iredell
15 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Look! Look! Feathers by Young (Word Riot Press); The Book of Freaks by Iredell (Future Tense Books) These two authors make the last stop on their W...
Monte Schulz
15 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The Last Rose of Summer (Fantagraphics) Monte Schulz, author of This Side of Jordan, returns to Skylight to read and sign his follow-up novel T...
Jonathan Evison
08 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
West of Here (Algonquin) We're thrilled to have Jonathan Evison (All About Lulu) back to Skylight to read from and sign his highly anticipated ...
Los Angeles Poets
08 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Modest Aspirations - Poems and Stories (by Locklin); Hard Landing (by Smith); E/OR - Living Amongst the Mangled (by Armstrong; all books published by ...
Black Clock 13
01 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Black Clock 13 An amazing lineup of writers -- Aimee Bender, Janet Fitch, Jonathan Lethem, Susan Straight, and Lisa Teasley -- will read from their...
David Vann
15 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Caribou Island (Harper) David Vann, whose short story collection Legend of a Suicide is a staff favorite, returns to Skylight to read from and ...
Joyce Farmer
15 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Special Exits (Fantagraphics) Joyce Farmer discusses and signs her graphic novel Special Exits, a memoir in the vein of Alison Bechdel’s Fun ...
Millicent Borges Accardi
15 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Injuring Eternity (World Nouveau) Millicent Borges Accardi will read and sign her most recent poetry collection, Injuring Eternity. Millice...
Readers from USC's Master of Professional Writing Program 2010
30 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Students in USC's Master of Professional Writing Program will read from their work. Student readers CJ Francis, Hayley Huntley, Allison Gibson, and...
Edan Lepucki
30 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
If You're Not Yet Like Me (Flatmancrooked) Edan Lepucki, a writer for book blog The Millions (and a former Skylight staffer!) presents her acc...
Erika Lopez
27 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Girl Must Die: A Monster Girl Memoir (Monster Girl Media) A launch party for this new book -- "a love letter to those who've hit the skids but cl...
Armistead Maupin
26 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Ann in Autumn: A Tales of the City Novel (Harper) Armistead Maupin, author of the Tales of the City novels, returns to Skylight to read fr...
Kim Gottlieb-Walker
23 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Bob Marley and the Golden Age of Reggae (Titan Books) A launch party for the new photo book by Kim Gottlieb-Walker! The photographer will disc...
Gary Phillips and Michael Harris
23 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The Underbelly by Phillips; The Chieu Hoi Saloon by Harris (both published by PM Press) Two writers on PM Press's hardboiled fiction imprint Sw...
Miles Corwin
18 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Kind of Blue (Oceanview Publishing) Miles Corwin returns to Skylight to read from and sign his fourth book (and his first novel) Kind of Blue. ...
Kim Dower
18 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Air Kissing on Mars (Red Hen Press) Local poet Kim Dower will read and sign her new collection, Air Kissing on Mars. "Kim Dower writes jazzy...
David L. Ulin
18 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The Lost Art of Reading: Why Books Are So Important in a Distracted Time (Sasquatch Books) Los Angeles Times book critic David L. Ulin will dis...
Harry Hamlin
18 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Full Frontal Nudity: The Making of an Accidental Actor (Scribner) Actor Harry Hamlin (LA Law) will discuss and sign his highly entertaining new...
Michael Connelly
13 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The Reversal (Little, Brown & Co.) Michael Connelly returns to Skylight to read from and sign his new novel The Reversal, in which lawyer Mick...
Launch Party for What Books Press
12 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
By Wronsky: So Quick Bright Things; A Giant Claw (foreword) By Rosenthal: Coyote O'Donohughe's History of Texas By Partnoy: So Quick Bright Thi...
Vanessa Davis
12 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Make Me a Woman (Drawn & Quarterly) Vanessa Davis will discuss and sign her new graphic novel, Make Me a Woman. "In fact, if you don’t li...
Susan Straight
12 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Take One Candle Light a Room (Pantheon) Novelist Susan Straight (A Million Nightingales) returns to Skylight to read and sign her latest nove...
Brian Leung
09 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Take Me Home (Harper) Brian Leung, author of Lost Men and World Famous Love Acts will return to Skylight to read and sign his latest novel, Tak...
Darin Strauss and Adam Levin
28 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Half a Life by Strauss; The Instructions by Levin (both books published by McSweeney's) Darin Strauss, author of More Than It Hurts You, will ...
Rob Roberge
26 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Working Backwards from the Worst Moment of My Life (Red Hen Press) Local author Rob Roberge will read from and sign his short story collection ...
Tao Lin on Richard Yates
26 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Yates (Melville House) We're thrilled to have Tao Lin here for the first time, to read and sign his new novel, Richard Yates (yes, nam...
Danbert Nobacon
26 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
3 Dead Princes: An Anarchist Fairy Tale (Exterminating Angel Press) Musician Danbert Nobacon (Chumbawamba) will discuss and sign their for-a...
James Ellroy
25 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women (Knopf) James Ellroy returns to Skylight to discuss and sign his new memoir, The Hilliker Curse! Jam...
Dave Tompkins
16 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
How to Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocodor from World War II to Hip Hop, the Machine Speaks (Stop Smiling Books) Dave Tompkins will discuss and sig...
Gordon Edgar
15 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Cheesemonger: A Life on the Wedge (Chelsea Green Publishing) Gordon Edgar will discuss life as a cheesemonger in San Francisco's Rainbow Groc...
Contributors to Black Clock 12
15 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Black Clock 12 Richard Rayner, Nina Revoyr, Samantha Dunn, Tod Goldberg, Paul Cullum, and Skylight's own Monica Carter -- six contributors to the ...
Daniel Tiffany
12 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The Dandelion Clock (Tinfish Press) Acclaimed Los Angeles poet Daniel Tiffany will read from and sign his latest collection, The Dandelion Clo...
Contributors to the PEN Emerging Voices Anthology hosted by Janet Fitch
25 Sep 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Strange Cargo Nine alumni of the PEN Center USA's Emerging Voices fellowship who have been published in the Emerging Voices anthology Strange Carg...
James Riley
25 Sep 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Half Upon a Time (Aladdin) A launch party for local author James Riley and his first book, a middle readers fairy tale mash-up called Half Upon...
Carol Moldaw
24 Sep 2010
Contributed by Lukas
So Late, So Soon: New and Selected Poems by Moldaw (Etruscan Press); Masque by Byrne (Tupelo Press) Poet Carol Moldaw will read and sign her rece...